Automobile-tire.



M. HANFORD & D. L. TAYLOR.

AUTOMOBILE TIRE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED FEB. 28, 1907.

M9535. Patented May 4; 1909.

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- Specification or" Letters Pet-ent.

Patented. May 4, 1909.

n Application filed February 28, 1907.A Serial No. 359,'27e. l

. l To all vwhom nl concern.'

Be it known that n'eLlflnLii'NernoN Han'- rono and llamar li. "intron, both of Malden,y in the count@vr ot lvliddlesex and State of lilassaehusetis, have invented certain new and useful .improvements in Automobile- Tires, oit which he following is a specification.

The object automobile and bic"VH liability of punctu feature of' construe le tires 1n preventing ng and, by 'the same tion, giving thein material internal support independent of their inflation. Such support resists the injurious efi'eots ol shidding, which nrovernent is largely prevented by a peculiar-ity in the peru'heries ot' the opposing tires, as is herein nl'tcr explained. rthis non-puncturable support is embodied in a succession ot trans verse overlapping steel spring arches cinbedded in the jacket portion of the tire or interposed between it and the inllatable inner tube-these arch-lile plates tapering each vvajv l'ron'i the center of the tread portion and their extensions being tirnilv seated, terminally, on the wheel-run. Other than this the anti-siiidding feature consists in opposilelv inclined ridges torined on the tread portions ol' each pair of tires, so that one tire, at least, of cach pair shall resist the tendency olt the wheels to slide laterally. These ridges also lend to throw 'the loosened niud sonre- Wh at outvmrdlj7 iroinv the track of' eacliwheel.

@ne or both Hang-cs of the Wheel-run will be dctacha ble l'rein its niain body to permit sidewisc applnratron ot the tire. lizlarginal rinffs ot hall' xround metal are interposed between the seat portion or" the tire and the adjacent gtlai'rgc. Transverse bolts pass through these parte.

ln the cl1zi\,virigs,- Figure l is o transverse section through rvheeldirc embodying our invention: w. 2 a longitudinal section of the in.; partly in ele ation; and Fig. 3 a f plan vim-.fY

The 'tire made up ot hezivj;v cotton duck in nlternete layers, Witl such tl'iiclnoss, ol the rubber enternalljvv as is requisite for elasticity or the tread. Eniu ot' its corrugated periphery.

proper comprises the Jacket ij,

bedded in this yielding bodv7 or located inig nicdiatel;Y within it, is the succession or independent, nonp`unctu1nble arches 7, prefer ably oit sheet steel, torn ed as indicated of this invention is to improvel the usual vulcanized. rubber and !Fig. 2, to overlap slightly along` the tread l portion and tapering to give space between l adjacent plates at their inner` ends for the l passage,l through` the two-part tire-base 8, orP the bolts. 14 that unite the marginal rings t and flanges thereto. The arch-plates 7 may t be perforated at toot for the saine urpose, g and they will have numerous perlorations l?" along each side, it embedded in the body of the tire, to permit the rubber to lill in and unite through such perforations in vulcanizing. The arches 7 are in Contact at the points Where they overlap, and the overlapping edges are provided with offsets or `shoulders 18,vvliich engage the edges of the adjacent arches, so that the inner faces of the arcftes, at the tread7 Will forni a continuous curvo. Tires thus constructed and internally supported by these steel arches have abundant strength and stillness for use Without inilation` The jacket in v, however, be inflated direct or the Vusual inner tube 9 be employed in accordance ivith thesiminon practice.

The n unicral' l0 indicates the metallic Wheel-rim7 of m5T preferred construction, adapted to hold the tire in position and `give anchorage to its internal supports. Tho forni best shown in Fig. 1 is suitable and, with the marginal rings, embodies part ot the present invention,

is shown the rirn l() is suitabl'i`r secured around the wheel l1, so that the tire insv be placed thereon b v a side-v Wisc movement. Halt round rings l2 of suitable material are applied at vthe sides ot the tire-bese and, outside of these, tlot niarginal nnnular plates 13 take the piace oi thc ordinarv lined ilangesrbut overlap the edges of the wheel il so to prevent lateral displacement oril the tire. All the parts are united and held inposition on the wheel lj; the transverse bolts and nuts l5, as in oblique corrugation oi' J, the companion tire to .rails/r.

l 'i claun as our invention:

' The vleldinn tubular tire-bodv and the 1n- 1 terno.- nietalhc suooort trici-eroi', loiined of vl. l

plain circular bandY overlapping steel rohes resting at foot on l In testimony whereof wehave alixed our thewheel-rm, in combination with marginal l signatures, in presence of two IWitnesses. flanges embracing the edges of the wheel- MELANCTHON HANFORD.

' rim, with rings interposed between said DANIEL -L. TAYLOR.

v5 flanges andthe tire-base, and with transverse Witnesses:

bolt through seid flanges, rings and base, A. H. SPENCER, substantiallyes set forth. GEORGE F. BUTTEI';FIELD. 

